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John Carter Brown Library

THE JOHN CARTER BROWN LIBRARY is an independently administered and funded center for advanced research in history and the humanities, founded in 1846 and located at Brown University since 1901. Housed within the library's walls is an internationally renowned collection of primary historical sources pertaining to North and South America from the time of its discovery by Europeans (ca. 1492) until the end of the colonial period (ca. 1825).

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10,484
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Topics & Subjects
3,167
CSAIP
1,257
Broadsides, etc
1,023
CPJCB
804
Indian linguistics
720
Argentine newspapers
618
Imprint 1815
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American Libraries
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John Carter Brown Library
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John Carter Brown Library - Spanish America Collection
1,742
John Carter Brown Library - Portugal and Brazil Collection
1,592
John Carter Brown Library - Argentina Collection
1,558
John Carter Brown Library - German Collection
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unknown
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portugal
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ramírez, francisco, 1786-1821
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peru (viceroyalty)
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spain
65
buenos aires (argentina). cabildo
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Spanish
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870
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(from added title page) Gulielmi Pisonis ... I. De aëribus, aquis, & locis. -- II. De natura & cura morborum, Occidentali Indiæ, imprimis Brasiliæ, familiarium. -- III. De animalibus, aquatilibus, volatilibus, & terrestribus, edulibus. -- IV. De arboribus, fructibus, & herbis medicis, atque alimentariis, nascentibus in Brasilia & regionibus vicinis. -- V. De noxiis & venenatis, eorumque antidotis. Quibus insertæ sunt animalium quorundam vivæ sectiones; tum &...
Topics: Orta, Garcia de, 16th cent, Natural history, Medicine, Indians of South America, Medicine, Imprint...
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Jul 25, 2017 United States. Department of State; Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826; Massachusetts. General Court; United States. Congress (1st, 3rd session : (1790-1791). House; Rhode Island Historical Society. Library. fmo RIBRL
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Another edition printed in Philadelphia by John Fenno with 34 pages in 1791 (Evans, 23912)
Topics: Atlantic cod fisheries, Whaling, Imprint 1791
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Verdadera relación de la conquista del Peru / Francisco de Xerez
Topics: Indians, Natural history, Natural history, Shipwrecks, Imprint 1547
Text begins: El dia 25. de octobre de 1680. llegò al puerto de Brestà el Cabo de Castè Aurenant .
Topic: Imprint 1680
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Jul 19, 2017 Fraisse, Ch; France. Assemblée nationale constituante (1789-1791)
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Topics: Compagnie du Sénégal, Trading companies, Imprint 1790
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Jul 19, 2017 Merolla, Girolamo, 1650-1697; Piccardo, Angelo, active 17th century
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Dedication signed, p. [5-10], 1st count, dated and signed: Di Napoli 3 giugno 1692. F. Serafino da Napoli. Diffinitore Capuccino
Topics: Kongo language, Imprint 1692
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Jul 19, 2017 Villeneuve, Daniel Jost de; Aubert du Petit-Thomas, Louis-Henry-Georges. fmo RIBRL
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Attributed to Daniel Jost de Villeneuve by the Bibliotheque nationale de France online catalogue
Topics: Utopias, Voyages, Imaginary, Imprint 1761
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Jul 19, 2017 Villeneuve, Daniel Jost de; Aubert du Petit-Thomas, Louis-Henry-Georges. fmo RIBRL
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Attributed to Daniel Jost de Villeneuve by the Bibliotheque nationale de France online catalogue
Topics: Utopias, Voyages, Imaginary, Imprint 1761
A manual, in the form of a dictionary, arranged geographcally, for conducting business in Euope, Asia, Africa, and the Americas
Topics: Commerce, Commerce, Imprint 1793, Imprint 1796
A manual, in the form of a dictionary, arranged geographcally, for conducting business in Euope, Asia, Africa, and the Americas
Topics: Commerce, Commerce, Imprint 1793, Imprint 1796
First printed London, 1697
Topics: Winds, Tides, Buccaneers, Natural history, Voyages and travels, Voyages around the world,...
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Jul 19, 2017 Meares, John, 1756?-1809; Macartney, George Macartney, Earl, 1737-1806
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"Estratto della relazione dell' ambasciata di Lord Macartney alla China": v. 2, p. 183-201
Topics: Indians of North America, Imprint 1796
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Vol. 1. Spitzberg, Pêche de la baleine, L'isle Mayen, Groenland, Islande, Nouvelle-Zemble -- v. 2. Laponie, Samojédie -- v. 3. Zone tempérée septentrionale: Sibérie, Terre de Jesso, Grande Tartarie, Tartarie Independante, Petite-Buckarie, Contrées des Mongales, Tartarie chinoise -- v. 4-5. Chine -- v. 6. Isles dependantes de la Chine, Royaume et isles de Lieou-Kieou, Coreé, Japon, Tangut ou Tibet, Lassa, Tonquin et Cochinchine -- v. 7. Perse, Isles du golfe Persique, Arménia, Géorgie,...
Topic: Imprint 1766
Sabin
Topic: Imprint 1767
Provenance of John Carter Brown Library copy: Ex Bibliotheca De Cardenas: bookplate
Topic: Imprint 1778
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Jun 30, 2017 Jansen, Hendrik, 1741-1812
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John Carter Brown Library copy untrimmed, bound in three volumes
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Jun 30, 2017 Humphreys, David, 1752-1818
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Brown, J.C. Bibliotheca Americana
Topic: Imprint 1785
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John Carter Brown Library copy acquired through the Lawrence C. Wroth Fund
Topic: Imprint 1786
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John Carter Brown Library copy acquired through the Lawrence C. Wroth Fund
Topic: Imprint 1786
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Jun 28, 2017 unknown; Terán, Francisco Alonso, active 1810-1811
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At head of title: 1810
Topics: Commercial correspondence, Mines and mineral resources, Merchants, Lotteries, Hot peppers, Slave...
Signatures: [A]-H² (H2 verso blank)
Signatures: [A]-I²
Topic: Imprint 1739
Dated at the end of text: Dado en Mexico à ocho de Abril de mil setecientos setenta, y dos
Topic: Coinage
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Topics: Picaso de Ynojosa, Ysabel, active 1690, Gorraez Vaumont y Navarra, Theovaldo de, active 1690, Real...
A later octavo edition was printed in Mexico city in the same year
Topics: Hidalgo y Costilla, Miguel, 1753-1811, Elegiac poetry, Mexican, Imprint 1811
Title from caption and first stanza of poem
Topics: Ferdinand VII, King of Spain, 1784-1833, Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821, Peninsular...
Signatures: [A]-L² (-L2) (L1 verso blank)
Topics: Indulgences, Imprint 1686
Title printed within ornamental woodcut border
Topics: Catholic Church, Alegato, y consulta en que se satisface haverse publicado la absolucion general,...
Signatures: A-3S² (3S² verso blank)
Topics: Great Britain. 1713 March 26, South Sea Company, Slave trade, Imprint 1724
Signatures: pi1 *-2*⁴ (-2*4) [par.]-5[par.]⁴ A-4L⁴ 4M² [par.]⁴-2[par.]⁴ (2[par.]3 verso blank, 2[par.]4 blank)
Topics: Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint, Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint, Imprint 1731
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Jun 27, 2017 Vega, Lope de, 1562-1635
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Topics: Spanish drama, Imprint 1748, Imprint 1775
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Jun 27, 2017 Vélez de Guevara, Luis, 1579-1644; Coello, Antonio, 1611-1652; Rojas Zorrilla, Francisco de, 1607-1648
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Topics: Spanish drama, Imprint 1758, Imprint 1796
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Topics: Eustace, Saint, martyr, -118, Spanish drama, Spanish drama, Religious drama, Spanish, Imprint 1748,...
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Jun 27, 2017 Pérez de Montalván, Juan, 1602-1638
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Topics: Spanish drama, Imprint 1748, Imprint 1775
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Jun 27, 2017 Monroy y Silva, Cristóbal de, 1612-1649
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Topics: Spanish drama, Religious drama, Spanish, Imprint 1748, Imprint 1775
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Jun 27, 2017 Monroy y Silva, Cristóbal de, 1612-1649
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Topics: Trojan War, Spanish drama, Imprint 1748, Imprint 1775
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Jun 27, 2017 Monroy y Silva, Cristóbal de, 1612-1649
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Topics: Francis I, King of France, 1494-1547, Spanish drama, Pavia, Battle of, Pavia, Italy, 1525, Prisons,...
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Jun 27, 2017 unknown
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Topics: Spanish drama, Religious drama, Spanish, Imprint 1748, Imprint 1775
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Jun 27, 2017 Matos Fragoso, Juan de, 1608-1688; Moreto, Agustín, 1618-1669
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Topics: Spanish drama, Religious drama, Spanish, Imprint 1748, Imprint 1775
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Jun 27, 2017 Calleja, Diego, 1638-1725?
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Topics: Borja, Francisco de, Saint, 1510-1572, Spanish drama, Spanish drama, Christian saints, Religious...
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Jun 27, 2017 Pérez de Montalván, Juan, 1602-1638
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Topics: Spanish drama, Imprint 1748, Imprint 1775
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Jun 27, 2017 Moreto, Agustín, 1618-1669
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Topics: Spanish drama, Imprint 1748, Imprint 1775
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Jun 27, 2017 Ruiz de Alarcón, Juan, 1580?-1639
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Topics: Spanish drama, Imprint 1734, Imprint 1736
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Jun 27, 2017 Ruiz de Alarcón, Juan, 1580?-1639
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Topics: Spanish drama, Imprint 1734, Imprint 1736
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Jun 27, 2017 Vélez de Guevara, Luis, 1579-1644
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Topics: Spanish drama, Imprint 1734, Imprint 1781
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Jun 27, 2017 Calderón de la Barca, Pedro, 1600-1681
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Topics: Huáscar, Inca, approximately 1495-approximately 1533, Pizarro, Francisco, approximately 1475-1541,...
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Jun 27, 2017 Cañizares, José de, 1676-1750
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Topics: Spanish drama, Imprint 1748, Imprint 1775
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Jun 27, 2017 Cañizares, José de, 1676-1750
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Topics: Spanish drama, Imprint 1748, Imprint 1775
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Jun 27, 2017 Diamante, Juan Bautista, 1625-1687
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Topics: Spanish drama, Imprint 1748, Imprint 1775
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Jun 27, 2017 Molina, Tirso de, 1571?-1648
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Topics: Spanish drama, Imprint 1748, Imprint 1775
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Jun 27, 2017 Matos Fragoso, Juan de, 1608-1688; Calderón de la Barca, Pedro, 1600-1681
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Topics: Spanish drama, Imprint 1748, Imprint 1775
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Jun 27, 2017 Pérez de Montalván, Juan, 1602-1638
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Topics: Spanish drama, Imprint 1748, Imprint 1775
John Carter Brown Library copy acquired from the estate of Maury A. Bromsen
Topic: Imprint 1822
John Carter Brown Library - French Collection
Jun 20, 2017 Bromsen, Maury A. fmo RIBRL
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John Carter Brown Library copy acquired from the estate of Maury Bromsen
Topic: Imprint 1823
John Carter Brown Library - French Collection
Jun 20, 2017 France. Chambre des députés. Commission des petitions
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John Carter Brown Library copy acquired with the assistance of the Harper Fund
Topic: Imprint 1820
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Jun 20, 2017 Lescallier, Daniel, baron, 1743-1822
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John Carter Brown Library copy acquired with the assistance of the Harper Fund
Topic: Imprint 1820
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Jun 20, 2017 Roussin, Albin-Reine, baron, 1781-1854
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Berger, P. Bib. do Rio de Janeiro
Topic: Imprint 1821
John Carter Brown Library copy acquired with the assistance of the Sophia Augusta Brown Fund
Topic: Imprint 1821
John Carter Brown Library - French Collection
Jun 20, 2017 Hôpital militaire d'Instruction de Metz (France). Library. RIBRL, former owner
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Provenance of the John Carter Brown Library copy: Bibliotheque Hopital m[ilitai]re de Philippeville: bookstamp on p. 39; Hopital m[ilitaire] d'Instruction de Metz Bibliotheque: bookstamp on title page and p. 39
Topic: Imprint 1821
Provenance of the John Carter Brown Library copy: Bibliotheque Hopital m[ilitai]re de Philippeville: bookstamp on half-title page; Hopital m[ilitaire] d'Instruction de Metz Bibliotheque: bookstamp on title page
Topic: Imprint 1820
John Carter Brown Library - French Collection
Jun 20, 2017 Pradt, M. de (Dominique Georges Frédéric), 1759-1837
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John Carter Brown Library copy acquired with the assistance of the Louisa D. Sharpe Metcalf Fund
Topic: Imprint 1820
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Jun 20, 2017 Baumes, J. B. T. (Jean Baptiste Timothée), 1756-1828
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John Carter Brown Library copy quarter bound in contemporary calf with marbled boards
Topic: Imprint 1821
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Jun 20, 2017 Baumes, J. B. T. (Jean Baptiste Timothée), 1756-1828
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John Carter Brown Library copy quarter bound in contemporary calf with marbled boards
Topic: Imprint 1821
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Jun 20, 2017 Pradt, M. de (Dominique Georges Frédéric), 1759-1837
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Palau y Dulcet (2. ed.)
Topic: Imprint 1821
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Jun 20, 2017 Pradt, M. de (Dominique Georges Frédéric), 1759-1837
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Palau y Dulcet (2. ed.)
Topic: Imprint 1821
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John Carter Brown Library copy in original paper cover
Topic: Imprint 1825
Provenance of the John Carter Brown Library copy: Ex libris Stuart W. Jackson: bookplate on front pastedown; Biblioteca de Alberto Parreño: armorial bookplate of recto of front flyleaf
Topic: Imprint 1823
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Jun 20, 2017 Pradt, M. de (Dominique Georges Frédéric), 1759-1837
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Sabin
Topic: Imprint 1824
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Jun 20, 2017 Biron, Armand-Louis de Gontaut, duc de, 1747-1793
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John Carter Brown Library copy half bound in contemporary calf with marbled boards
Topic: Imprint 1822
Provenance of the John Carter Brown Library copy: Nicholas Garry: armorial bookplate on front pastedown
Topic: Imprint 1821
John Carter Brown Library copy gift of the Associates of the John Carter Brown Library
Topic: Imprint 1767
John Carter Brown Library copy gift of the Associates of the John Carter Brown Library
Topic: Imprint 1767
John Carter Brown Library copy gift of the Associates of the John Carter Brown Library
Topic: Imprint 1767
John Carter Brown Library copy bound, in contemporary calf, with: Le peuple juge, ou Considérations sur lesquelles le peuple anglois pourra décider / John Shebbeare. Paris?, 1756
Topic: Anglo-French War, 1755-1763
John Carter Brown Library copy bound, in contemporary calf, with: Le people instruit; ou Les alliances dans lesquelles les ministres de la Grande-Bretagne ont engagé le nation / John Shebbeare. Paris?, 1756
Topic: Braddock's Campaign, 1755